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Re: Present tense vs Past tense

Originally Posted by terryko

1: The grade I received (isn’t/wasn’t) correct.

If we say that the grade isn't correct, we are considering its present correctness; we could follow this with, "so I am going to ask for it to be changed". If we say it wasn't correct, we are talking about its correctness at the time; we can follow this with, "so I asked for it to be changed".

... does it violate the rule “if the first verb is past tense, the second one should be past as well”?